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Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imagined necessities...…
Quote byOliver Cromwell · 1599–1658
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech to the First Protectorate Parliament (12 September 1654).
English (original)
Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imagined necessities... are the greatest cozenage that men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretenses to break known rules by.
— Oliver Cromwell
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